Simulating the production and dispersion of environmental pollutants in aerosol phase in an urban area of great historical and cultural value

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 479-498

  Librando, Vito ^a   Tringali, Giuseppe ^a   Calastrini, Francesca ^b   Gualtieri, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Area of high cultural relevance; Particulate matter; Small scale dispersion models; Traffic emissions; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PHASE; ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; CULTURAL VALUE; DISPERSION MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; ROAD TRAFFIC; STREET CANYON; TEST BENCHES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TYPICAL URBAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANYONS; WORK FOCUS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DISPERSION; HISTORIC BUILDING; MONUMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FLOW RATE; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 72349094562     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0598-6     Document Type: Article

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